UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

Celebrating Undergraduate & Graduate Research   From opera to organic chemistry, this week puts UMBC’s core commitment to student research and creative activity on center...

Two UMBC Students Named 2006 Goldwater Scholars   Two UMBC students are among the 323 sophomores and juniors who have been named 2006 Goldwater Scholars. The prestigious...

Education, Exposure, Experience   While entrepreneurship may sound like a concept only studied in business school, at UMBC it is an important part of the university’s mission....

Living Learning Communities Create Rewarding Connections   When Tony Harris, a sophomore transfer student from Hofstra University, and Amanda Schwenk, a freshman computer science...

A Hot Location for Collaboration   bwtech@UMBC , the university’s on-campus research and technology park, is maturing into a hot location for research. This week, the park...

One Career Choice Gets Better Every 10.9 Seconds   Every 10.9 seconds another American turns 60, and by 2030, one in every five Americans will be over the age of 65. To prepare...

Strengthening History Education   UMBC’s Center for History Education recently received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History Grant...

Recognizing Outstanding Alumni   UMBC celebrated its success in forging leaders in a wide array of fields at the February 8 Alumni Awards ceremony in Annapolis. 2006 Outstanding...

A Destination for Art and Culture   With its strong emphasis on exhibitions, outreach, public programming and scholarly research publications focused on contemporary art and cultural...

Learning from New Zealand Public Policy   On January 18, leaders in public policy from across the U.S. will convene at UMBC for a one-day forum, “What Did We Learn Over There? Public...